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Definition of oil

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Oil (n.) Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol..

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Gallipoli Oil :: Gallipoli oil () An inferior kind of olive oil, brought from Gallipoli, in Italy..

Beguile :: Beguile (v. t.) To elude, or evade by craft; to foil..

Cajuput :: Cajuput (n.) A highly stimulating volatile inflammable oil, distilled from the leaves of an East Indian tree (Melaleuca cajuputi, etc.) It is greenish in color and has a camphoraceous odor and pungent taste..

Casserole :: Casserole (n.) A mold (in the shape of a hollow vessel or incasement) of boiled rice, mashed potato or paste, baked, and afterwards filled with vegetables or meat..

Five-leaf :: Five-leaf (n.) Cinquefoil; five-finger.

Unfruitful :: Unfruitful (a.) Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil; an unfruitful life or effort..

Zoilean :: Zoilean (a.) Having the characteristic of Zoilus, a bitter, envious, unjust critic, who lived about 270 years before Christ..

Colza :: Colza (n.) A variety of cabbage (Brassica oleracea), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes; summer rape..

Chisley :: Chisley (a.) Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; -- said of a soil.

Styca :: Styan (n.) See Sty, a boil..

Glonoine :: Glonoine (n.) Same as Nitroglycerin; -- called also oil of glonoin.

Grill :: Grill (v. t.) That which is broiled on a gridiron, as meat, fish, etc..

Distillable :: Distillable (a.) Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable..

Spoilfive :: Spoiler (n.) One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless..

Shend :: Shend (n.) To injure, mar, spoil, or harm..

Background :: Background (n.) Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings..

Meloe :: Meloe () A genus of beetles without wings, but having short oval elytra; the oil beetles. These beetles are sometimes used instead of cantharides for raising blisters. See Oil beetle, under Oil..

Curl :: Curl (n.) To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent's body..

Spoil :: Spoil (v. i.) To practice plunder or robbery.

Permeable :: Permeable (a.) Capable of being permeated, or passed through; yielding passage; passable; penetrable; -- used especially of substances which allow the passage of fluids; as, wood is permeable to oil; glass is permeable to light..